i just youtube-ed royston tan's 15. it is funny in so many ways, but there is a perpetual element of tragedy interlaced. in true royston style, he employs the use of stretches of silence, when you're forced to focus on the image, and so much is being said without actual spoken words. i actually quite like royston's style, albeit he's an ah beng through and through and you see it in all his work.
i had some trouble understanding the movie though, because it was all in mandarin/hokkien. the only english were derogatory, and a 10 min exchange between chinese bengs and english bengs, which led to a big fight. the verbal exchange was hilarious though, because the english bengs lost to a bunch of hokkien slamming.
then there were not so funny moments, that were simply too unrealistic. it is set in singapore, and well, i've personally never seen a bunch of hooligans just tell off a woman on a public bus, or run outside far east with a blown up female dummy.
i definitely recommend it..was a good laugh. appreciate royston for his style and delivery of profound feelings in a fairly light manner, look beyond the crass-ness of his subjects, and see the humanity in them. i definitely like the film! (:
